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Microsoft Word - Embedded Excel file as read only

Embedded Excel file as read only

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 02:30 PM PST

I want to embed an Excel workbook as an object into a Word doc as a read only file. This is so a viewer of the Word doc can use the embedded Excel file as a template by first saving it under another file name. I need to prevent the user from making changes to the original embedded template. Protecting the worksheet or workbook a with password prevents changes to the embedded file but when the file is saved under a different name the protect attribute carries foward making the copy unusable without the password.

 

Also enabling the "read only" attribute before embedding the Excel file into the Word doc doesn't work either.

 

Is there another way to accomplish this?

License purchase

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 02:21 PM PST

I have been using Office 2010 for years (came installed on my computer). But 2 weeks ago, when I go to open Word docs, I am being asked to purchase an Office 2010 license. I use a Windows 7 PC. Why is this happening and how can I resolve it?

font drop down list problem

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 02:06 PM PST

I installed a different language (amharic) fonts and every time I try to use the font drop down list what I see is some english and some amharic fonts.
How can I make the list to show every thing in english instead of other language fonts?
I am using windows 2010 professional.

Thanks!

Programs will no longer open in Office365

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 02:05 PM PST

I tried to open Word, Excel, etc in Office365 and I received an error message that I was not connected to the internet or I had too little hard drive space. Since neither of these suggestions is true I am lost as how to fix the problem. I downloaded Fix It and that was no help either.


Any thoughts????

How can I lock custom toolbars in MS Word 2003, or can I?

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 12:41 PM PST

Just what the title says.  I get them set up just the way I want them, where I want them, exit the program when I've done whatever I need to do and when I come back to the program (reopen it) they're all moved around and some buttons are gone!!!  This is most annoying.  Any help and/or suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks!

 

Cyn

OFFICE WORD/EXCEL

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 12:11 PM PST

OFFICE2013 JUST DECIDED NOT TO OPEN ANY PARTS OF WORD OR EXCEL

Mail Merge Label Problems

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 11:38 AM PST

Hi there,

I have created my worksheet data sheet in Excel. I have followed the steps to create mailing labels, and have gotten as far as Preview Results. It won't let me click that button, so I can't check the labels to make sure they are correct. Then...I have tried to finish the merge and print...and I just get a blank sheet out of my printer. 

Can anyone help???

Thanks!!

Copy 1 page several times in a document

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 11:30 AM PST

Dear experts,
on a single page document I am having issues in the code copying the page in question a number of times: the page is made of lots of different elements - shapes, text, table.

Sometimes everything gets pasted correctly in the following newly created page except a shape, which is just copied on top of itself on the initial page; or I have some formatting issues. This happens even when I try to copy/paste by hand. (the VBA code I have been using is below)

Is there an efficient and especially reliable way through VBA to duplicate the same single page a given number of times in the same word document? My single page doc is a label so depending on the product I will have different formatting (more/mess shapes, bigger or smaller tables, etc).


Many thanks in advance for your VERY precious help!!!
Kind regards
Valeria


Selection.WholeStory
Selection.Copy

 

and then to paste

 

   Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdStory
    Selection.InsertNewPage
   Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdPasteDefault)
    Selection.TypeBackspace
   

 

VBA to delete carriage return at end of selection

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 10:45 AM PST

I have VBA to convert tables to text but it crashes if the user selects the table with the carriage return after the table. Can someone please provide the code to delete the carriage return at the end of a selection please? I searched the database and have not been able to find it. Thanks in advance!

Hiding Text when printed

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 10:22 AM PST

I need to create a form with fill in the blank areas but I also need an answer key. Currently we have two word documents to accomplish this but it is difficult when there are updates and we have to be sure to update both sheets. is there any way of merging this to one form? I saw the option of hiding sections but this also hides the underline areas.

Invert a text Line

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 10:07 AM PST

I need to invert a line of text in Word 2013. I am sure it can be done but I can' find out how.

TIA!

Ben

Add image macro to drop down menu.

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 09:54 AM PST

Is there a way to associate an image to an item in a drop down menu with macros/options. I need to select the item through drop down and have the image appear below it. If there isn't is there a way I might achieve something similar?

STRANGE SYMBOLS ON WORD DOCUMENTS

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 09:21 AM PST

while working on a chart in word and sorting data, the chart displayed strange symbols at every square on the chart (shown below as * for location only). it also now shows on other existing word charts. 

the symbol looks like a circle with four spikes coming out at about 2, 5, 8, and 11 oclock.

the symbols do not show on printed chart.

please advise on how do i get rid of them.

ronlll


A*

PARTNER SHIP FOR CARING*

A*

PLANNING COMM*

A*

PTG SECRET GARDEN 1*

A*

PTG SECRET GARDEN 2*

A*

PTG SECRET GARDEN 3*

A*

PTG YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW*

A*

SUPER BOWL #42 FEB 2 08*

A*

THE FORGETTING ALZ*

A*

TIGERS 1*

MS Office 2013 APPCRASH

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 08:46 AM PST

I've been searching solutions for this problem for weeks and been reverting to MsOffice 2007 and back to 2013 to try those fixes for 3-4 times
Like removing COM Add-Ins, disabling macros from trust center, safe mode suffs, etc

The APPCRASH happens when i opened a file, and then trying to edit/write, the typing cursor is gone and winword goes hang, but, when i right clicked, the cascade menu still comes up, and i can still resize the window, but when i do, the ms word window will turn black and i can do nothing, right clicking cascade menu can still be showed up.

In desperation and confusion i closed the Miscrosoft Word, and the APPCRASH dialog box shows up. says :

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
  Application Name: WINWORD.EXE
  Application Version: 15.0.4420.1017
  Application Timestamp: 5067349a
  Fault Module Name: nvwgf2um.dll
  Fault Module Version: 8.15.11.8688
  Fault Module Timestamp: 4a9837c8
  Exception Code: c0000005
  Exception Offset: 00045db4
  OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
  Locale ID: 2057

Additional information about the problem:
  LCID: 1033
  skulcid: 1033

Read our privacy statement online:
  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=104288&clcid=0x0409

If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline:
  C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt



And i cant figure out what it says so i need many many help here
Thanks in advance :)

Error "Please Wait While Windows Configures Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007" every time I Microsoft Office 2007 program - AFTER NEW INSTALL

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 08:46 AM PST

HP i5 8 GB RAM running 64 bit Win 7 SP1, local computer store installed Office shortly after purchase in January 2013.  No problems at all until 11-25-13.  When trying to open existing word or excel documents, get and error box "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007".  If you let it run its course, if never finishes.  If you open word or excel (I do not get this problem with Publisher) from the start menu or go to all programs and open it, I always get this error.  If I go the application file itself it opens, after a longer than normal wait and sometimes a "Not Responding" message on the top of the screen.  From there I can open existing documents but this is long and cumbersome and there has to be a fix.
Looked for some answers online but everything seems to be from 2011 for a problems like this. 
Called local computer store, they were not aware of any recent problems; Took to local computer store (who did original install) and had them remove and reinstall, problem still occurs (but didn't seem like it happened until after 28 office updates were applied) 
Have 5 very similar machines, this is the only computer with the problem. 
Have Security Essentials, Mal-ware bytes and Advanced system care which are run regularly. 
How can we fix this problem? 

Problem with Word 2010

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 07:18 AM PST

I have Office 2010 Professional software and have noticed a problem with Word which started a couple of months ago.  Whenever I open Word after a few seconds the arrow mouse pointer turns to a blue buffering circle and Word almost freezes.  I can still type but each letter takes about 10 seconds to appear rendering the software almost unusable. I haven't noticed the problem with other facets of the Office suite such as Excel or PowerPoint. I have tried uninstalling and re installing the software from the original disc but to no avail.  I have also tried using Word in safe mode but with no success.  Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so is there a solution you can share.

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer. 

Microsoft Word 2007

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 07:03 AM PST

When I click on the Icon for Microsoft Word, I expect to see a blank document ready for production. However, after uninstalling and reinstalling the program I the icon continues to bring up a document. I am unable to get rid of said document.  

How do I restrict editing but still allow access to headers and footers?

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 06:17 AM PST

Hello! i would like to ask you one question about MS Word.
I want to restrict some pages of word but allow the user be able to edit header and footer (Header and footer not different from one page to another).

After i use restrict option the pages that i want to block are block but it's include Header and Footer too, that is go away from what i want.

Mail Merge

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 05:49 AM PST

Hi,

 

I am trying to do a mail merge with an excel document. The aim of the document is to display each students grades for particular subjects that they have done.

I have managed to do the basic merge of data, however most of the students haven't completed the 18 subjects on the excel document and so there are blanks next to these subjects.

 

This is what it currently looks like:

 

Before Merge 

Art   <<ART>>

Drama <<Drama>>

 

After Merge

Art       A grade

Drama 

 

Is there a way I can remove the whole row, if the field is blank on excel?

 

Many thanks,

Katie

OMML equation editor has issues with some operators when displayed in inline mode

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 02:58 AM PST

OMML equation editor in MS Word 2013 has issues with some operators when they are displayed in inline mode. The issues are also present in Word 2010 - see this thread, and probably also in Word 2007.

For example, the following formula contains the summation operator with lower and upper limit.  In display mode the limits are displayed below and above the operator:

But when the same equation is in inline mode, for example as part of a fraction operator, the lower and upper limits are displayed as indices of the operator, which looks ugly:

The same happens with other "large" operators (product, co-product, union, intersection) and integral operators.

Currently it seems that the only workaround is to use Microsoft Equation 3.0 for entering formulas (Insert -> Object -> Object -> Microsoft Equation 3.0):


BTW, the OMML equations saved in a DOCX file look fine when opened in LibreOffice Writer 4.1, and you can edit them:

(On the other hand, it seems LibreOffice has issues with formulas written in Microsoft Equation 3.0.)

I wonder why Microsoft developers have not fixed this issue in OMML equation editor in two Office versions since Office 2007 which introduced the new editor?

-- rpr.

Word 2013 displays "Busy" message all the time

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 02:56 AM PST

When opening a Word document, the message "Office is Busy. We're sorry" is displayed. It stays like this and does not resolve. Only help is to restart the whole computer and then sometimes it will work, sometimes won't.

Please help!

Formatting Sign of a Circle with four tangential lines going outwards

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 02:24 AM PST

Hi,


I am getting a Formatting Sign which is "a Circle with four tangential lines going outwards".


Can some one please tell me what this formatting sign means? and if this is an indication of a formatting error, then, how do I solve that error?


Look forward to hearing from anyone with an answer.


Regards,

-Saeed

Office 365 Text Box

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 02:15 AM PST

Hi,

I have scanned my company letterhead and word has converted it to a word document.  I created a text box type in what is required, save it to my documents and then e-mail it to my clients.

My clients have now emailed me back to say the letterhead had no content it was blank, so obviously my text box somehow disappeared.  I have e-mailed it to myself and to my colleagues and everything is fine so I don't understand why my clients cannot see the text.  Can anyone please help?

Thanks

Cannot open Word - keeps shutting down on me - all other applications ok

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 01:34 AM PST

Just downloaded microsoft office premium all the applications work fine until the one I need opens then the minute I try to open a new document or even one of the templates it shuts down on me saying it will redirect to windows to find fault.

Anyone else had this - I dont need the other apps but do need word! Very frustrated

Can not open Office - Word, Excel - after upgrading to 8.1 yesterday! HELP! PLEASE

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 11:23 PM PST

I am an issue with all my Microsoft Office 2013 products.  

Ever since I updated to Windows 8.1 yesterday, my 2013 Office Products don't even open up at all.  

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!


Thank you

Sort/Arrange Random in Word

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 05:36 PM PST

Is there any way to randomize a list in Word?

I am trying to make worksheets and tests for students but I can only arrange alpha.

setting up text direction for text in both English and in an Asian language

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 05:33 PM PST

Hello,

Please note the image below with regards to changing the text direction of text in a document in Microsoft Word 2010:


It looks as if I should be able to select the option as shown in the orange oval, but unfortunately, I'm stuck between using the top-most option right above the ovalled option, the bottom-most option right below the ovalled option, and the currently selected option to the left of the ovalled option.  How would I be able to set up the document so that I can choose the ovalled option?

Thank you.

Open a Word Document in a new webpage and populated it programmatically

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 05:14 PM PST

I have created a Windows form Application that opens a Word Document and populates it from SQL Server tables.  I want to move it to a web application.  I want to know if I can open it in a browser and populate it and save it in the new page.  Is there a sample some where?

OOBE.DOCUMENT suddenly?

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 04:09 PM PST

All of a sudden all of my Office Documents are now OOBE.DOCUMENT files. When I rightclick on a file, there is no Open With, but there is Open. So I click on open, and it says that it doesn't recognise .doc files. When I click on Browse for a Program to Open(not verbatim, but this is the point it was trying to get across), Word is not on the list. So I click on Browse, and it's not anywhere obvious. I check the file location of my shortcut that I use, and it's C:/Program Files (86x)/Common Files/microsoft shared/Virtualization Handler/ . The file is CVH.exe. I add it to the list, and try to use the program, but nothing happens. I am using Microsoft Word 2010 Starter. When I tried ot set default from the Control Panel function, Word Starter is once again not on the list. Help?

Microsoft Works - Copy and Paste question

Microsoft Works - Copy and Paste question

Copy and Paste question

Posted: 16 Sep 2006 12:01 PM PDT

Hi Sunshine,

Do you have Beta IE7, if so, you might be interested in...

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: " Debbie Rydberg [MSFT]" <microsoft.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.works.win
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: Word Processor


This is an IE7 bug which has been fixed in builds newer than beta 2.

To work around this problem, use the Edit/Paste Special command, & choose
'Unformatted Text'.

or

----- Original Message -----
From: <com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.works.win
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: Paste formatted text to word processor is impossible


Yes. the problem seems to be because you have upgraded to IE 7. Looks
like IE7beta clipboard contents dont paste too well in the Word
processor.

To work around this i would try pasting in an intermediate program (Word pad
or Note pad) and then pasting it into the Word processor. Hope
this helps.


"Sunshine995" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...

| I have Microsoft works on my computer and when I try to instert an address
| into the label or envelope or even on an A4 page - a pop up tells me
| "information copied exceeds the size limit etc" - could anyone tell me why
or
| how to get it to work properly - I'd really appreciate some help please, I
| have even tried just using one word to paste and I still get the same pop
up.

How To Use Works 8

Posted: 13 Sep 2006 11:17 PM PDT


"Zephyr" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
 

Older versions had a 'video' presentation on the CD.










....

Changing fonts in Works 7.0

Posted: 13 Sep 2006 11:21 AM PDT

Hi Robert,

This article may help, to create from a clean template:

Works: How to change the default font in the Word Processor
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=250307

Sounds like you may have residual formatting, left over from the
default template set up, in your document.

Perhaps, when your template is first opened,

Select all.

Select and set the formatting and font required.

Resave as template.

HTH,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works & Word) 1999-2006
Works Help & KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm
http://msdn.microsoft.com/virtuallabs/office/default.aspx



"Robert Mesch" <net> wrote in message
news:com...
|I am using Works 7.0, which came with my Windows XP. I have created a
| default word processor template configured to use the Arial font, size 12.
| Frequently while typing, and for no apparent reason, the font type and size
| will suddenly change to Times New Roman, size 10. When I discover the
| problem and change the font back to my desired preference it may hold on
| Arial 12 or immediately change again to Times New Roman 10. Is there
| anything
| I can do to stop this irritating occurrence?
|
|
|

before I buy: do reminders work for multiple calendars?

Posted: 11 Sep 2006 12:17 PM PDT

Thank you

"com" wrote:
 

Add print date to database header or footer

Posted: 11 Sep 2006 11:43 AM PDT

Gualtier Malde wrote: 
Thank you both.
Chuck

Works 8.0 Inadvertently added a bad word to dictionary

Posted: 10 Sep 2006 07:19 PM PDT

Your very welcomed.

--
Have A Good Day
Rich/rerat
Add MS to your News Reader: news://msnews.microsoft.com
(RRR News) <message rule>


"Lori Y" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
Thanks, your directions are GREAT!

"Rich/rerat" wrote:
 

Error pasting Word back into Works 7.0 database - <picture> instea

Posted: 10 Sep 2006 01:33 PM PDT

Thanks for your reply, glad to hear it worked.

Re: Why does it post a marker instead of the data?

Reply: Not sure, think it has something to do with the way Word formats it's
text, seems NotePad removes all formatting.

I can also copy from Word to Works Word processor, then copy/paste into
Database.

Assume you have Works Suite which uses Word and hides Works Word processor.

To gain access to Works Word processor, search for WksWP.exe, right click
it, select Send To, on the expanding menu choose Desktop (create shortcut).
Open Works Word processor from Desktop icon.

I like the simplicity of Works Word processor and it has the ability to
address envelopes from the Address Book, also find making Labels easier.

Ken
Works Suite 2001

"scotschwallenberg" <microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:com...

| Yes - it did work - thank you very much!
|
| "Ken" wrote:
|
| > Try copy from Word, paste into NotePad, then copy from NotePad, paste
into
| > Database.
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > "scotschwallenberg" <microsoft.com> wrote
in
| > message news:com...

| > | I created a database in MS Works v. 7.0. In the past, I was able to
| > select
| > | all data, paste it into a Word document and change the all caps case
to
| > title
| > | case. Then, copy the data with the changed case, go back into Works,
| > select
| > | the very first cell and the entire database would be restored with the
| > | preferred case, thanks to Word. Now when I paste it, I get one single
| > cell
| > | with "<picture>" instead of the entire database being restored. How
can I
| > | correct this?
| > |
| >
| >

PING >> Works to Excel query

Posted: 10 Sep 2006 12:32 PM PDT


"skeeter" <com> wrote in message
news:com...
 

Generally Works will open files a version or two back, but they've tinkered
with it a lot over the years. Also, there are some downloadable viewers that
let you open and copy older files but it's a bit hit and miss.

Adding With Dates

Posted: 09 Sep 2006 10:40 PM PDT

Thank you all for your prompt replies. As always they were all right on the
money. Worst part is I used to know this stuff cold, but has been a long
time for me using works and forgot a lot of the obvious. Again thank you all

Keith

"Mac" <com> wrote in message
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Works 4.5a and Task Wizard for envelopes

Posted: 07 Sep 2006 10:17 PM PDT


"LAH" <net> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl...
 

I'd say so. I put up with it for the templates which are way better than the
crap for Works 8.5

How Do I Get MS Works 2006 DVD Replaced? (Scratched)

Posted: 06 Sep 2006 08:09 PM PDT

How to replace lost, broken, or missing Microsoft software or hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326246


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Homer J Simpson" <com> wrote in message
news:UA_Lg.11300$.. 

cannot update Microsoft Works

Posted: 06 Sep 2006 03:29 PM PDT

I reinstalled Microsoft Works and it will update now but there is a problem
with my calendar and doing a reinstall did not fix it even though I created a
new database. Any ideas? And thanks for the information about adding the
newest one first.
--
In His Service,
Debra A. Snipes
www.In-His-Service.org





"Rich/rerat" wrote:
 

Convert Works 8 to Word

Posted: 05 Sep 2006 07:51 PM PDT


"Techpriest" <com> wrote in message
news:googlegroups.com... 

http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/downloads.mspx#WordBatch

http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/downloads.mspx#Works2KConv

perhaps?

Printing spreadsheets - .wks files yes, .xlr files no

Posted: 04 Sep 2006 12:55 PM PDT

Hurrah!
Although the updates were said to concern security, apparently one of them
included a change that has solved my problem. I thank you, Rich.

Dick

"Rich/rerat" <com> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 
were 
months. Also 
Excel 

works 8 database formula to multiply

Posted: 03 Sep 2006 08:41 PM PDT

Hi Dennis,

If quantity of each item is stored in a field named: Qty

If value per item is stored in a field named: Cost

Then the total value in field T_Value is Qty*Cost

A running total, in field R_Total is given by: T_Value +
R_Total

HTH,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works & Word) 1999-2006
Works Help & KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm
http://msdn.microsoft.com/virtuallabs/office/default.aspx



"Dennis Q" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
|I am working with works 8 on a Inventory platlette in the database. I have a
| field that says number of Items and a field that has the value of each item
I
| would like a formula that will multiply to come up wth a field that has the
| total value. I cannot seem to find one can anyone help me
| --
| Dennis Q

Works 8.5 won't start word processor

Posted: 02 Sep 2006 09:10 PM PDT

Liam wrote:
 

You should post this in the appropriate Windows Defender newsgroup so
Microsoft (which monitors those WD newsgroups - not here) can see what
you discovered.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/newsgroups/default.mspx

These newsgroups can be accessed via NNTP or HTTP.

To access these newsgroups using NNTP, please use the following
information for your NNTP client (such as Microsoft Outlook Express):

- NNTP Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
- Account name: privatenews\spyware
- Password: spyware

NOTE: No password will be required via the HTTP link.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Spreadsheets don't print

Posted: 02 Sep 2006 01:38 PM PDT


Can you print from other programs e.g. Notepad? Is it just one
spreadsheet or all of them? Why not try a test spreadsheet to see if it
prints.

hth


Dick Ashley wrote: 

Works 4.5a DB Report Printing Problem...Out of Memory

Posted: 01 Sep 2006 10:42 PM PDT

Hi Michael:

I found the problem....it's an HP 33x0 printer driver issue with Works 4.5a.
I have an HP3310 all-in-one printer (great printer/scanner/fax, btw). I get
an "out of memory" error if this is the default printer. What I did was to
make my Adobe Acrobat software my default printer. I can now print my Works
4.5a document out to a PDF file and then send it to the HP 3310 printer from
there. Very strange but that's the problem.

Thanks for trying to help!

Jim

"Michael Santovec" <net> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Templates for Works

Posted: 01 Sep 2006 11:00 AM PDT

thanks guys
--
Bob


"Bob S" wrote:
 

export as pdf

Posted: 30 Aug 2006 03:06 PM PDT


"cw" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

PrimoPDF is free.

Microsoft CRM - CRM on Mac

Microsoft CRM - CRM on Mac

CRM on Mac

Posted: 06 Aug 2004 09:03 AM PDT

How about using a Mac Citrix client and Citrix Metaframe, to run the CRM web
client within that?


"Chuck47" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 
encouraging. 
have 
it is 

SDK API calls from a web service

Posted: 06 Aug 2004 07:08 AM PDT

Hi Stephen,

Thanks I'll take a look there too.

Barry 
different ones in the 
subject "How to assume 
interested in. 
wrote in message 
CRM 
an 
the 
Lead. 

Import Customization

Posted: 06 Aug 2004 05:46 AM PDT

And what append with the Interface?

Sylvie
 
once added, then all 
current 

How do we get this status "Microsoft CRM MVP" .

Posted: 06 Aug 2004 01:15 AM PDT

Basically yes. In mine and Matt Parks case it took literally 1.5 years of
answering questions on this group to become recognized as an MVP for the
product. You can read more here.

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpfaqs&style=flat

--
John O'Donnell
Microsoft CRM MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions/Community/CRMFaqLanding.aspx


"Bhaskar" <com> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 
etc 

URGENT!! Enquiry regarding CRM problem

Posted: 05 Aug 2004 07:55 PM PDT


"Zerosniper" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

Its probably because it refers to business solutions support, as opposed to
technet free support. Try here with your own authentication details ?
http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions/support.aspx
If you dont have customer/partner source access you may be out of luck :o(
Unless you get your reseller to help...Its not a public article so you have
a chance in hell of finding it anywhere else Im afraid, plus no one can
breach the agreements to just post it out here
Also try looking for its actual KB keyword KB862534.

Another Data Migration Question

Posted: 05 Aug 2004 11:49 AM PDT

Just to add a bit more.

Judging on what you've said, perhaps the easiest "basic" tool to access data
(even DBF) and export to other tables without being too complicated is
probably MS Access, will tap right into DBF no problems if you take a copy
of the data for setting up your own scripting.

Without doing the MS course or consultancy you are DEFINITELY going to have
CDF/DMF problems and I'd advise you best to stick to a 3rd party tool unless
you are very confident with it already.

Tony


"Lee" <com> wrote in message
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Remove Excel Icon ??

Posted: 05 Aug 2004 08:49 AM PDT

lets just say I would be suprised if it wasn't. This is a very common
question ie can I stop people running reports, exporting to excel etc. I am
expecting to see siginificantly more security options in the next release of
Microsoft CRM. We'll know more as we get closer to a release date.

--
John O'Donnell
Microsoft CRM MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions/Community/CRMFaqLanding.aspx


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Changing the Columns in the Lookup Window

Posted: 05 Aug 2004 08:23 AM PDT

Hi Dave,

I'm afraid changing this view also doesn't seem to change the columns
shown in the Lookup Records window. Unfortunately as Stephan said, I
think this view is hard coded. Very annoying!

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how to create new organization business unit

Posted: 05 Aug 2004 01:40 AM PDT

thank you. where do i find the deployment tool? 

DUMP the DB?

Posted: 04 Aug 2004 05:22 PM PDT

Do you have a backup of a empty database? I gues, restoring a empty database
is your only option.

Koen

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Beware SP2

Posted: 04 Aug 2004 05:21 PM PDT

Fraid so.

Matt Parks
MVP - Microsoft CRM

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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 07:25:05 -0700, "CRMadmin"
<microsoft.com> wrote:

Ok so am I understanding this correctly ? If the server is running on Windows
2000 and the clients have XP and then install SP2, some of the webbrowser
functions will no longer work. Correct ? So we have to update the server and
the client with the fixes I have read about.

"John O'Donnell" wrote:
 

CRM ISV problem

Posted: 04 Aug 2004 09:06 AM PDT

Thank you John, but I need to develop an application ISV
that allows me migrate some objects to the CRM, a
parameter that needs the group of units is the
organizationId, do I need to develop with the ISV's
framework this application, in order that I do it of
automatic form, since I can do? I have put it directly in
the code but it does not work.

Thanx again
 
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might be MSDN 
CRM organization 
the Microsoft CRM 
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a server. this will 
command 
name such as MSDN 
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hiding 'Canned' CRM reports

Posted: 04 Aug 2004 07:36 AM PDT

This tool will only allow you to Add, remove and rename the reports. It will
not allow you to keep reports in some sort of hidden area. Best
recommendation would be to have users only run reports in the miscellaneous
reports folder and move reports into there as required. Microsoft ships 119
reports with the Microsoft CRM product. Typically you may find you need only
a few reports. As the Miscallaneous Sales Reports folder is always empty by
default this is a good place to store the reports your company uses.

It would be great if the next Microsoft CRM release allowed you to create
your own report folders.

--
John O'Donnell
Microsoft CRM MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions/Community/CRMFaqLanding.aspx


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Reinstalled Crystal Designer, cannot connect to APS

Posted: 04 Aug 2004 06:20 AM PDT

How exactly are you logging onto the APS.

Which authentication method are you using - Enterprise or Windows NT?

--
John O'Donnell
Microsoft CRM MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/BusinessSolutions/Community/CRMFaqLanding.aspx


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Inbound email activites show up in Assigned or In-progress as completed and can't be removed

Posted: 04 Aug 2004 04:48 AM PDT

Much appreciated. Works a treat.

Greg

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Microsoft Word - Need Help Creating a Macro that utilizes a table

Microsoft Word - Need Help Creating a Macro that utilizes a table

Need Help Creating a Macro that utilizes a table

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:04 PM PST

I am working to update contracts.  I need to be able to allow our sales team to pick what pricing rate card (or table) they want to insert in the contract.  I would like to do this using a button for each different price matrix, so they can select and drop in.
I know how to record a basic macro, but can't figure out how to easily incorporate a table.
Can someone provide direction?  I am not a very technical person, so the solution needs to be easy.
Thank you.

word 2007/2010 track changes reviewing pane overwrites text

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:55 PM PST

Apologies that this is repeated.  The example images did not appear to upload the first time.

An office 2010 document, written on a PC (Windows 7 home premium) with track changes turned on, has been sent to a collegue who uses a Mac.  The document has then been returned with another set of changes and comments.  The laptop on which the document was written was purchased in Ireland and the editing has been done in Australia.

When a comment is clicked parts of the returned document disappear under either: blue grey 'highlights' see example 1, a black block, see example 2; or if the reviewing pane is showing the display of the reviewing pane itself, see example 3.

This behaviour is not consistent.  One or other or none of the above may occur when clicking on a comment.

The layer appearing on top of the document disappears if scrolled off the screen and back, although sometimes it reappears in the same or different form.

The issue cannot be resolved by resaving the document with a new name or copying and pasting to a new file.  The document has been opened on several PCs in different locations, using Windows 7, Word 2007 and 2010 and the problem appears on them all.

Any suggestions as to how this problem might be overcome would be gratefully received


Example 1


Example 2


Example 3

Word 2010 track changes reviewing pane appears over text

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:50 PM PST

An office 2010 document, written on a PC (Windows 7 home premium) with track changes turned on, has been sent to a collegue who uses a Mac.  The document has then been returned with another set of changes and comments.  The laptop on which the document was written was purchased in Ireland and the editing has been done in Australia.

When a comment is clicked parts of the returned document disappear under either: blue grey 'highlights' see example 1, a black block, see example 2; or if the reviewing pane is showing the display of the reviewing pane itself, see example 3.

This behaviour is not consistent.  One or other or none of the above may occur when clicking on a comment.

The layer appearing on top of the document disappears if scrolled off the screen and back, although sometimes it reappears in the same or different form.

The issue cannot be resolved by resaving the document with a new name or copying and pasting to a new file.  The document has been opened on several PCs in different locations, using Windows 7, Word 2007 and 2010 and the problem appears on them all.

Any suggestions as to how this problem might be overcome would be gratefully received

Rod Scoullar.

Example 1


Example 2


Example 3

Continue footnotes from previous section rather than start of document

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:39 PM PST

Is there any way to restart footnotes after some section breaks so that they continue from the previous section but not from the start of the document?

I have a document that has separate chapters and I want to restart the footnotes for each chapter. However, sometimes I also need to include section breaks within chapters and I don't want to restart footnotes after these section breaks.

For example I might have 2 chapters:

In chapter 1 I have one footnote. Then I have a section break. Then I start chapter 2 which has a section break in the middle. There is one footnote before the section break in chapter 2 and one footnote after.

If i restart the footnotes after the first section break and then continue the footnotes after the second section break my footnotes are numbered like so: 1,1,3.

What I want is my footnotes to be numbered: 1,1,2.

In other words, when I continue the footnotes, I want them to continute from the previous section but not from the start of the whole document. 

Is there any way to do this? I am open to using VBA.

Thanks

Josh

 

Style Options Word 2010

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:19 PM PST

In one of our computer labs, it is necessary to have multiple versions of Office installed on each PC. We have 2007, 2010, and 2013. On the 2010 version (Professional Plus) users are unable to access the "Styles" options. Normally, when clicking on the Styles menu and then hovering over the Styles sub-link, multiple options show up. Bold, formal, etc. For some reason when doing this, the only options that can be seen are links for Word 2003 and Word 2010. These links can be chosen as default, but the rest of the links (Formal, Bold, etc) that should be present are not. Anyone know a fix for this? 

Print labels- how do I have different formatting for different lines on a label? Help!

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:17 PM PST

Hello-

I'm creating print labels for some charts. I have all the information in an Excel database, and was able to successfully import it into MS Word. However, I'm having trouble with the formatting.  I want the formatting to look something like this for every label-

DOE, JOHN
SWE 09-10

The name at top should be larger font and bold print, and the line below should be smaller font and not in bold. In other words, the top field has a different format than the bottom field.

Here is my problem though- when I try to format it in this manner, I can only get it to work correctly on one of the labels- see pic below- DOE, JOHN is the desired formatting in the upper left corner. However, when I use format painter to try to get all the other labels the same way, it just takes the formatting from the top field and applied it to everything else, which results in the second line being bold faced and a larger font, which is not what I want. You can see the results in the pic below.

How can I get the formatting on all labels to match the formatting of the DOE, JOHN label?


BuildingBlockEntries issue reposting, help please....

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 01:43 PM PST

Ihello,
i am reposting my original question in the hope that a VBA expert will help me... i am quite desperate at it.
many thanks!

kind regards
valeria


Dear experts,

I am trying to get the pages of my documents numbered via macro (having a small triangle at the bottom far left-hand side of the pages).

I have simply recorded a macro and when I am inserting it in my code, when I arrive at the BuildingBlockEntries line, it give me error "the request member of the collection does not exist".

My building block template/add-in is enabled in word options, what I am doing wrong?

Here is the code:

 

ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("Triangle 1").Add _
        Where:=Selection.Range, RichText:=True     'this is the line giving problems
    Selection.HeaderFooter.Shapes("AutoShape 2").Select
    Selection.Font.Color = -587137025
    Selection.ShapeRange.Fill.ForeColor.ObjectThemeColor = _
        wdThemeColorBackground1
    Selection.ShapeRange.Fill.ForeColor.TintAndShade = -0.15
    Selection.ShapeRange.Fill.Visible = msoTrue
    Selection.ShapeRange.Fill.Solid
    Selection.Font.Name = "Calibri"
    Selection.Font.Size = 28
    Selection.Font.Bold = True


what I need is that what I am doing is applicable and triggered by Macro for all documents on a workstation - as I will be printing labels and cannot save them. So every time the operator calls a label and sends the print command, I am copying the same label the desired number of times and then applying the formatting for page numbering and then printing the labels from a single file (I have tried the other way in the previous posts by printing every page as single print command however our printer gets stuck and very slow when I print over 20 labels).

 

So I do not know if it all makes sense and if I was too obscure :-) .... It is 4 hours I am trying to understand the Word VBA language and getting very frustrated by not being able to tell Word that I just need the numbering with the small trinagles!!!

 

the code is what I get from the macro recorder. i should have specified, the labels I am talking about are A4 format so 1 label per page(horizontal layout). It's the kind of labels used for 200 l drums or bigger packaging, and I basically need to number the drums as they are run out with the product... as I said before, I had a solution that worked on paper and for smaller sets of labels but when you need to print out 120 labels or more I know now that that needs to be on 1 file only... hence my copying them and trying to number the pages.

 

Word docs

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 12:19 PM PST

Can someone please help me recover my docs.  I used the drag option to put my docs in my flash drive.  When I went to open them they appeared as shortcut.Ink.  I tried to go to the control panel and restore files, but I must be doing something wrong.  Can anyone tell me how to get my files or are they gone?

Saving Macro Short Cuts

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 11:07 AM PST

 

Hi

some years ago I managed to create a set of macros in Word 2007 and the short cuts at the top of the page relate to 33 macros that I use for a particular risk assessment document.

It works well, but my computer is getting on a bit and I am looking to upgrade.

My question is, If I load the latest version of Office onto my new PC, what do I have to do to get these Macros visible and working as they are now?

 

thanks for any help

 

Stuart

Problem with Numbers Printing Beside/Behind Graphics

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 10:05 AM PST

I've been encountering a frustrating problem with Word 2010.  My clip art and other graphics appear just fine on the screen, however when I print the document, numbers will print beside and sometimes partially obscured behind some of the graphics.  Other graphics print normally.  The numbers appear to be line numbers, however they show up only when I print, even after disabling line numbers.  I have been unable to find any mention of this issue online.  Anybody have any insight?

OFFICE ONLINE IMAGE LIBRARY -- NOWHERE TO BE FOUND...

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:59 AM PST

Yesterday the image library worked -- today not so much. Is this free library still available?

 

I use this library everyday and it will be a HUGE issue if it is no longer available! Can someone please advise? My bookmarked site is now a "how to insert the art" site -- I already know how to do that, I NEED THE ART ITSELF!

How to change merge field color based on value of that merge field?

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:48 AM PST

Hi,
I have a mail merge document. There is a mailmerge field <<year>>. Depending on it's value, we want to print the year in different font colors.
For instance if year = 2013, then font color = black,
if year = 2014 then font color = green,
 if year = 2015 then font color = blue.
I have reviewed  this example: {IF{MERGEFIELD Addr1} = "PO *" {MERGEFIELD Addr1 \* Upper} {MERGEFIELD Addr1 \*Lower \*Caps}}
where 'Addr1' is the data field's name.   But the switches do not seem to include the font color.
I have thought about macro code but am not proficient in VB code and cannot find an example where they are changing the color based on the value of the field.
It seems like a simple task, but I have spent 5 hours trying to find something to guide me and now submit my question for your help.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Best Regards,
KClench

Office Word 2010: Main tabs not shown in ribbon

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 09:24 AM PST

I have had this problem for quite some time and have tried everything suggested thus far.  The ribbon shows only the File tab.  Although all of the other main tabs are checked in the customization menu, none of them show up in the ribbon.  Would appreciate any help from someone familiar with this problem.  Thank you.

strange Characters appearing when I save in web

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 07:50 AM PST

I'm sending out my message as a web page filtered document but it comes back with these strange characters, usually when spaces are supposed to be there 

E-Notes  of The Toronto Bruce Trail Club 

What are those funny A A with something at the top of each?

How do I avoid them?

Thanks

Grant

I dont know where my Office programs have gone.

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 07:47 AM PST

My PC is about 2 years old now, I have had Microsoft office 2010 installed and working perfectly since I built my PC, but about a month or two ago it has disappeared (as far as i can tell) from my hard drive. 

My word documents are still here and i can access them through word pad, but I cant look at any other files such as excel sheets.

My OS is Windows 7 64 bit.

Any help would be appreciated.

When will Word citations be fixed?

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 07:13 AM PST

For a long time Word citations has been crashing for documents with a more than a couple of hundred citations. It is some kind of memory bloating effect.

This has been posted for Word 2007 and Word 2013, running on Win 7 all the way to Win 8.1.

There are numerous other citations issues but this one prevents updating citations in word, leaving the citations function useless for Word docs with many citations.

So far there has been zero feedback on this issue by Microsoft....

This problem has existed since Word 2007 - see my previous discussion here and here.

Image caption dialog won't let me enter a caption (Word, Office 365)

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 07:00 AM PST

I have an image in a document and I want to give it a caption, But the caption field in the caption dialog will not let me enter anything. In fact it never seems to get the focus, even by clicking in it.

I am running Word in Office 365 (2013) on windows 8.1

Any ideas?

Word Macro Question

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 06:49 AM PST

Hello,

 

I  have one table in  Word which needs to be formatted , this  involves various steps – I am to automate some but would need help with below ones for Table :

 

First I would explain structure – this may contain various row and Columns but mostly 1 columns would be having description followed by other Columns having amounts, some of the rows are formatted with Border and other just left blank

Below are requirements :

 

1)      If one of the rows have BOTTOM BORDER then macro should add 4.5 cm spacing before border (between text and border) – This should only happen if Row has both BORDER and TEXT/Descriptionm

2)      Same if I have TOP BORDER then it should add 4.5 cm spacing only if TEXT or Description in whole ROW

3)      Also we add one pop up box to define Column width of only FIRST COLUMN – other columns should be 2.3 by default

Can someone help me with this. I have some more formatting to be done but if we can start with this that would be great.

PP

Word 2010 Freezes

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 06:26 AM PST

 

 

I'm seeing with files, they essentially freeze and the display changes to a crazy format when I am editing in Word 2010. When I close them down using Task Manager and reopen them, they revert to previous states (i.e. saved changes are gone). It is happening with files from different TRs, so the issue seems to be within the files themselves (perhaps something odd from the scan). The issues do not occur if I work on them in Word 2013 (so far). Note that there are some visual artifacts in the chapters, as well, that are not text, Word objects, etc. – for example, rules that cannot be selected, that do not move with text, etc.

f7 is tab not spellcheck

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 06:08 AM PST

Hello,

When using Word 365, when I press the F7 key, it produces a tab, it should launch spell check. My keyboard does not have special functions.
Please help!

Section Page Numbers X of Y

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 05:03 AM PST

Hi,

I have a document which is divided into sections.

I can number pages starting from each section at page 1.but when setting number of pages it returns all pages in document. not the pages in the section.


My question is how do I change so I can have Page X of Y Pages for the section only.


appreciate any assistance.

Unable to send a mail merge document from Word in HTML format.

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 04:53 AM PST

Hi, 

I am currently unable to send a mail merge in HTML format and this is required for a project that we are looking to roll out with the next 7-14 days.

If I send it as Plain Text or an Attachment, there is no problem with the emails being forwarded to Outlook and sent to the recipients. 

I have Office 2010 and Windows 7 which is our Corporate standard and we are have DELL help desk assistance.

There appeared to be a similar issue to this back in 2011 which was resolved with Hotfix KB980681, although this doesn't appear to be compatible with my current setup.

We are just in the process of having Lync rolled out which is part of Office 2013, so I have no idea whether that could be related to this issue in anyway, although it only appears to have happened recently (sometime within the last couple of weeks).

Does anyone have any ideas whether there is a known cause for this?

I could provide a screenshot of all installed updates if required. Our updates are controlled by 'Service Centre' which might be a DELL program as they have to ensure all software we use is safe and secure.

Thanks

Lee
:)

Macro to embed images while keeping their correct size

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:52 AM PST


This is a rather obscure one. I have successfully used the following macro to embed inline images in Word 2007 documents, but it has stopped working for Word 2010.

Why not simply use the UI to "Save picture in document"? Because Word forgets that the image may have been re-sized. (This is a long-standing "feature".)

Can anyone suggest why this macro may no longer work in Word 2010?

UPDATE: Forgot to mention the error message that appears on running this: "The link does not exist"

Sub FixInlineShapes()

    Rem This fixes the fact that embedded images are not being resized

    Dim objInlineShapeA As InlineShape
    Dim objSelection As Selection
    Dim rngStory As Word.Range
    Dim lngJunk As Long
    Dim Height As Long
    Dim Width As Long

    Rem This weird next line ensures that images in headers don't get missed. I found it on the Web and have no idea how or why it works.

    lngJunk = ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(1).Range.StoryType
    
    For Each rngStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
        Do
            For Each objInlineShapeA In rngStory.InlineShapes
                If Not objInlineShapeA.LinkFormat Is Nothing Then
                    Height = objInlineShapeA.Height
                    Width = objInlineShapeA.Width
                        objInlineShapeA.LinkFormat.SavePictureWithDocument = True
                    objInlineShapeA.Height = Height
                    objInlineShapeA.Width = Width
                End If
            Next
            Set rngStory = rngStory.NextStoryRange
        Loop Until rngStory Is Nothing
    Next

End Sub

Windows touch screen - printer preferences

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 03:28 AM PST

How do I find out how much ink is in each of my print colors - I used to be able to find out under printer preferences - advanced, but no longer?

Microsoft Word 2013 is printing blank pages

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 02:34 AM PST

Hi all,

 

Can anyone help with this strange problem?

 

I use Microsoft Word 2013 (32 bit version) as part of the Office Home and Student suit (Windows 7 64bit Professional) It's always worked fine in the past but lately, whenever I try to print anything all I get are blank pages. The weird thing is that the paper goes through the printer 'as though' something is printing but every time it is blank. I've tried printing documents that in the past printed fine but the same thing happens - nothing is on the paper. The text setting is on black or automatic and I believe there are no hidden characters. It may be a coincidence but this seems to have happened when I tried to use a letter template, but now even if I type onto a blank document, nothing prints.

 

Has anyone got any ideas what has happened here? I have the latest printer drivers for my Canon ip4500 and as far as I know the printer is fine. It seems to be a Word or Office problem. It's very frustrating.

 

Phil

Microsoft cross reference type missing

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 11:53 PM PST

My colleague and I work on the same document, both have identical word versions!

However when she opens the cross reference dialogue under reference type, there are more than the standard options available, she also has the option "Graphique" and then subsequently below all the captions that were created via SEQ Graphique \* ARABIC.


Myself I do have the captions in the document, but when I would like to enter the cross reference, I dont see the Graphique option as reference type.

When its a Table , the second reference type that we use, I see it and I can apply it....

thank you very much for the help in advance, I cannot be more curious what the solution would be!

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 10:53 PM PST

Hi I have installed MS Office Home and Student 2010 on my desk top computer and all is okay until I opened a new word page and clicked on File and then clicked on Options to customise it.

Now as I dont like the way I did it I now cannot remember how it was before I changed it.

Can any one email me on what had a tick next to it and what did not have a tick or can it be done an other way.

My email address is *** Email address is removed for privacy *** to send all ten sections as there are ten sections in the Word Options box when it comes up.

 

Comment box too long

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 10:23 PM PST

Firstly, please note that the balloon text is set to 9 pt and it is readable.
I'm using Word 2010 and typically don't have any problems inserting comments into documents. I was emailed a new document today and when I tried to insert a comment the balloon box stretched to at least 2.5 pages wide. The balloon text is of normal size and is readable, but the box is much too wide. I have no idea what version of Word this document was created on. This problem only occurs with this one document, all others are fine. 

How do I shrink the comment box back to its normal width?

Is there a tool to diagnose a DOCX file?

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 05:19 PM PST

Hello,
Bear with me, please. This is a long question.

I created a 98 pages manual for a customer in Word 2013. Very standard stuff. No strange fonts or styles, no section break, nothing out of the ordinary. I sent the doc for review, and my customer slapped fifty pages of tables in the middle of it in a landscape section. Now the document gives me some error messages (see below) and does not save with a new name.

When it opens, it opens as Document1 (or whatever the number at that point), as if in recovery mode.

Since I thought I was very clever, I went back and opened my original document, copied only the tables from the new doc, cleaned all the formatting first, and slapped into my original doc. Only to see it show the same behavior (luckily, I have a back up). So much for clever.

So my question is: how do I find what is wrong in these tables and fix it. I don't want to retype the whole thing.

I know: without seeing it...but I can't make the document public, as part of my NDA.

Here is the message when it opens (I love "unspecified error". It is very helpful). Below this one is what I get when I press ok.

(I just realized pictures do not show here. Ah, well...I won't write it again)


The document then opens, but starts acting weird.

Here is a piece of a table to show how uneven they are. (Please note: I didn't create this THING).


So, to wrap it up: I am looking for a way to diag the DOCX that came back from the customer with the table. Short of that, a way to completelly immunize and "de-format", a table so that I can use the contents and don't have to retype it.

Tables were written in a Word 10, Win7-64. I run Word 13 Win7-64.

I told you it was a long one.

Thanks,

Delio

how to cite an article in an online database (using MLA)?

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 05:17 PM PST

I'm doing a college research paper and I have a few sources from Academic Search Complete, but can't seem to find an appropriate way to cite them within Word. The article I'm trying to cite is from a magazine and my MLA guide from my professor says citations from "Library Database Sources" should be in this format for magazine articles:

print citation followed by name of database in italics then "Web." the data of access.
example from book:
"The Trouble with Immortality: If We Could Live Forever, Would We Really Want to?" Newsweek 5 July 2010, US ed.: 78. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Dec. 2010.


Please tell if how I can accomplish this with Word's citation system.

Table Features in Word

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 04:39 PM PST

I am using Word 365, and I am unable to edit the font color or the background color within a table.  I am unable to do this with tables inserted within Word, or copied from Excel.  Somehow, a default setting is fixed, even after I select the text and use the drop down selections to choose other colors.

Thanks for the help.

Microsoft Word Copyright Issues

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 04:35 PM PST

Hello,

 

I have looked over the Licensing for my non-commercial version of Word 2007, and I have a question regarding the legality of using MS Word for writing short stories and publishing them for profit. If I am using MS Word commercial or non-commercial products and write for a living or seek to, do I need to get further permissions from Microsoft to be able to use their product for such an effort to earn money by writing short stories or poetry or essays? According to what I read on the MS website, the fonts themselves may well be copyrighted and could not be used in commercial applications without getting further permissions. But my version of Word is non-commercial anyhow, so what is the legality of me writing as mentioned above using MS Word and trying to earn money from those efforts -- say by publishing on the Kindel or some similar Internet based device? or just publishing essays, poetry, or short stories in a type of printed out book format or Word file for a profit using either the commercial or non-commercial MS Word product?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Get text in multi-line footnotes to align

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 04:09 PM PST

Hi 

I work on big reports with lots of footnotes. 

According to our organisation's style manual the text in footnotes is supposed to stay aligned like this:

1 Smith (2012) said blah blah and John (2010)
   said blah blah blah.

That is, the text in the second line should be directly beneath the text in the first line. In the example, the first 's' in said is supposed to be directly beneath the 'S' in Smith.

I've tried using hanging indents but they have to be different for each footnote and have to get updated if the number of footnotes changes (i.e. when the above footnote becomes footnote 11 rather than 1 the text would get pushed across and throw out the indent.

Is there any simple way to get consistent indents either with or without the use of a macro?

Josh

How to maintain bulleted/numbered text embedded in a merge document

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 03:50 PM PST

I have 2 version of a document, the usage of each is governed by what a date is in my merge dataset.

What I *want* to do is, instead of having 2 separate documents, I want to create one unified merge document.  At the time of the merge operation, the text will switch between the 2 documents based on whether a date in the dataset is older than a given date, or newer (<= vs >=).

I know how to construct the document itself, having done so for other situations, but this one has me stumped:  the newer document has text that is formatted with the bullet/number tool in Word.  (I'm currently using word 2000, but I'm having to migrate to word 2010 in the very near future, and no, 2013/365 is NOT an option - it's what my office is moving to.)

The problem is, the numbered text will reside in part of an if/then/else merge argument.

When I go to copy/paste the numbered text into the merge code, the numbered list is "broken" - the text is all correct, it's just no longer numbered.  I've tried adding the formatting after adding it into the if/then/else statement, but it just won't work.

For example, hitting F9 to reveal the merge code would look like:

{if{mergefield that_date} =< "10/1/2013" "
text from the older non-numbered document here" "
1.  paragraph a text
2.  paragraph b text
3.  paragraph c text"}

As soon as I copy/paste:
1.  paragraph a text
2.  paragraph b text
3.  paragraph c text
the numbering is wiped out.  I imagine the results would be the same if I were to use bullets instead.  I probably *can* do it via a table with the paragraph numbers in one column and the text in a 2nd column, but I wanted to try and give The Powers That Be the *exact* formatting from the final version of the new document they gave me.


Thoughts?

Thanks for your time!

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